by Scott Willis Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades for the Nintendo DS is a decent game if you have 15 or 20 minutes to kill, but if you play for long enough it can start to get uncomfortable and even… Continue Reading →

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades for the Nintendo DS is a decent game if you have 15 or 20 minutes to kill, but if you play for long enough it can start to get uncomfortable and even painful.

The game plays like any other Guitar Hero game with a few differences to make it work on the DS.Â There is an attachment that slides into the GBA game port on the DS for your fret buttons.Â In this version, however, there are only four.Â A guitar pick shaped stylus is used to strum by moving that stylus across a guitar on the touch screen.

You can choose from a solo career mode, a solo quickplay mode, solo guitar duels and a multiplayer option.Â If you choose to play the career mode you start by picking a band name, which must be short, designing your character and choosing which guitar you want to use.Â You then go on to play shows composed of songs from each decade.

Solo guitar duel, in which you compete against a computer-controlled player, is one of the better parts of the game.Â You get weapons to use against your opponent, which they also have to use against you.Â Some of these require a mini game to pass.Â If the opposing player cuts your guitar string, for example, you must pull a new string on the touch screen to use your guitar again.Â If a crazy fan runs by the stage you have to sign their item before going back to playing.

While the gameplay is pretty good the fret attachment is rather small and feels cramped while playing.Â It actually gets to be a little painful if you play on a difficulty setting over medium or play for more than 20 minutes.Â Additionally, even for an experienced Guitar Hero player the harder difficulty settings may be too much.Â Though if you can get past the pain, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades is not a bad game and the guitar duels are a lot of fun.